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DWS fined $43m for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
DWS will pay $43 million (US$27m) to settle a long-running greenwashing case brought by Frankfurt prosecutors. In 2021, a whistleblower - former DWS group sustainability officer Desiree Fixler - came forward with claims the asset manager was making ...

The tax system is being weaponised to inflict abuse, ombudsman says

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Over two million Australians, mostly women, have suffered financial abuse at the hands of an intimate partner, sometimes through the weaponisation of the tax system, with impacts that can be "devastating and long-lasting" to survivors and their families ...

APRA hits ANZ with $1bn capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) has accepted a Court Enforceable Undertaking (CEU) from ANZ to address ongoing weaknesses in the bank's non-financial risk management practices and risk culture. APRA also increased the capital add-on ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
US President Donald Trump has unleashed a barrage of tariffs on just about every country, imposing a blanket 10% tariff on all imports from all countries, plus higher reciprocal tariffs on many countries to offset what he believes are barriers to US ...

Macquarie terminates Aussie equity funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Macquarie Group has terminated two of its equity offerings, saying they've failed to achieve scale. The Macquarie Australian Equities Fund and the Macquarie Active Plus Equities Fund were terminated late last month. Macquarie said both did not "have ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo is keeping all options open before the corporate watchdog is forced to intervene in the private markets, he told the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) this morning. Longo said ASIC is prepared to engage with ...

EQT closes flagship infra fund at $37bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
EQT Infrastructure VI raised €21.5 billion (AU$37 billion) in total commitments, exceeding the €20 billion target. The capital raising includes the €21.3 billion in fee-generating assets under management and builds on EQT Value-Add Infrastructure's ...

iExtend appoints chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
iExtend has appointed Michael Hull as chief operating officer with the aim to enhance its operational frameworks and to ensure compliance and regulatory standards continue to be delivered as the business grows. Hull brings a broad business background ...

CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) lead ombudsman, investments and advice Shail Singh has told financial advisers that poor practices are the main contributor to the soaring costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). "It's ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink says the fund manager can upend the public-private market divide in the same way it has capitalised on active and passive investing. In his annual letter to investors, Fink said assets in the form of data centres ...